R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Martin

Petition for certiorari denied on March 26, 2012

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Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
11-754	Fla. Dist. Ct. App.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2011

Issue: Whether the imposition of liability based on earlier litigation without any assurance that the earlier litigation actually decided the precluded issue violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Briefs and Documents

Opinion below (Fla. Dist. Ct. App.)
Petition for certiorari
Brief in opposition
Amicus brief of Washington Legal Foundation
Amicus brief of Product Liability Advisory Council
Amicus brief of Professors Aaron Twerski and James A. Henderson
Amicus brief of the Chamber of Commerce
Reply of petitioner

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